`iid_covariance_vec` A helper function used to compute one of the two independent sum terms in the computation of the approximate covariance of the functional data under a strong white noise assumption; a vectorized version of iid_covariance.
iid_covariance_vec(f_data)
A 2-dimensional matrix containing one of the two independent sums in the computation of the covariance.
the functional data matrix with observed functions in the columns